octave
n.
eight day holiday period; eight line stanza in poem; musical note at interval
n.
grouping of eight (Music)
Octave
octave
Noun
1. a feast day and the seven days following it
(hypernym) religious festival, church festival
2. a musical interval of eight tones
(synonym) musical octave
(hypernym) interval, musical interval
3. a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
(hypernym) stanza
octave (f)
n.
octave, eight day holiday period, eight line stanza in poem, musical note at interval
Octave
(n.)
The whole diatonic scale itself.
(n.)
The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
(n.)
The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
(n.)
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
(n.)
A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
(a.)
Consisting of eight; eight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About